{"id":"delta-drive.why-cant-i-delete-the-shared-or-team-folder","url":"/faq/delta-drive/why-cant-i-delete-the-shared-or-team-folder","category":{"id":"delta-drive","title":"Delta Drive, Delta Trust & My Drive"},"subcategory":{"id":"using-delta-drive","title":"Using Delta Drive"},"question":"Why can't I delete the Shared, Team or Documents folder in Delta Drive?","alt_questions":["Delete built-in folder Delta Drive","Empty this folder Delta Drive","Remove Team folder","Clear everything in my Documents folder in Delta Drive"],"short_answer":"The five starting folders can't be removed because backups and shares point at them, but their contents can. Right-click one and choose Empty this folder… to move everything inside to the trash.","answer_markdown":"Those five starting folders are what your backups and your shares point at, so removing one would break them. Everything **inside** them is yours to delete like anything else.\n\nTo clear one out quickly, right-click it and choose **Empty this folder…** — its contents go to the trash and the folder stays where it is.\n\nSee [what the starting folders are](/faq/delta-drive/what-are-the-starting-folders-in-delta-drive).","answer_html":"

Those five starting folders are what your backups and your shares point at, so removing one would break them. Everything inside them is yours to delete like anything else.

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To clear one out quickly, right-click it and choose Empty this folder… — its contents go to the trash and the folder stays where it is.

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See what the starting folders are.

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Why can't I delete the Shared, Team or Documents folder in Delta Drive?

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Short answer: The five starting folders can't be removed because backups and shares point at them, but their contents can. Right-click one and choose Empty this folder… to move everything inside to the trash.

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Those five starting folders are what your backups and your shares point at, so removing one would break them. Everything inside them is yours to delete like anything else.

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To clear one out quickly, right-click it and choose Empty this folder… — its contents go to the trash and the folder stays where it is.

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See what the starting folders are.

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